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g-' A$s9V&WK-J 1 'AW:'?1it ThJ3ev'3ts:s-'"r,wasp14J--LbB -V-10The note read: "Yon Are prisoners, andwill be treated as spies. I will bring youtea and haidtack from the hospital." Between 8 and 9 o'clock that night he kept hisword, dropping the tea and crackers as Hehad the note.Regulation Army FareThey Trere very hungry and ate with arelish. Mrs. McCaffrey says she has neverheard of nor seen McAdams since.The warning, though well meant, proveddisastrous, and led to the subsequent misfortune Between 1 and 2 o'clock thatnight the two 'women stole ont of the house,and picking their way through the battlefield, got five miles out the Bomney road bydaybreak. The nights were short at thatseason of the rear. As soon as it was fullyday they took to the woods. Mrs. Bengough wore a iashionable bonnet, whichshe took off and gave to Celia, who remained in hiding while her companionstarted on a foraging expedition. Therewas so fashionable millinery in Winchesterat that time, and to wear it would excitesuspicion. Lottie went foraging, and byand by found a house where a 14-year-oldgirl was induced to summon her mother, apleasant-faced, motherly woman, who answered to the name of Betty Jenkins. Celiawas called out of her hiding place, and thewomen proceeded to have as pleasant a timeas circumstances would allow. It was anovelty to the Northern women tofind, in a rather opulent household, that the garments for thefamily were all home-made, Betty carding,spinning and weaving the cloth, and thenmaking it into apparel, and all by handsewing. She had a husband in the Northern army, and two stepsons in the rebelarmy. When Betty was told her visitorswere Northern women she was frightenednearly out of her wits, and she was afraid togive them any help, though when they toldher their errand and that they were almoststarved, she told them to go upstairs into aretired room and she would find food.Everything was buried, as the country hadbeen overrun by both armies until chickenswould run squalling at the sight of anything that wore pantaloons. There wasnothing visible that would tempt the appetite, but, nevertheless, Betty managed toget them a good meal, bathed their blisteredfeet, and all three eventually parted crving,which, by the way, women are very like todo under such circumstances. The timestried women's as well as men's souls. Theynever heard of each other again, but Lottie'srecollections are vivid, and she wouldlike a long talk with Betty.Hard an the Nerves.They walked 22 miles on that hot, white,dusty pike that day, and 12 miles fromBethy's place they found a house down bya mountain stream, a long stairway leadingdown from the pike. Here they found avery old man and a very large woman, thelatter playing deaf and dumb, afraid to sayanything to strangers. As a supply of foodwas of all things the most difficult to find,Lottie and Celia asked for it on all occafions.The old man brought out a yard of muslin in which he had tied up an assortmentof scraps of meat, cheese, bread, etc., andtold them how far and what way theymust go before they would meet Mulligan sscouts. The heat was so great that theysoon found their commissary stores an intolerable burden, and were forced to dropthem. Turning off the road at length, theybathed their blistered feet in a stream."Water did not seem to quench their ragingthirst, and they were overjoyed to descry atsome distance a cherry tree heavily laden.They got their handkerchiefs spread out tohold the fruit and Lottie climbed the tree.Hardly had she done so when she was seenby a savage bull in a pasture near by andhe broke lor them. The road was shaped atthat point like the letter S, and in roundingone ot the curves the bull lost sight of them,but they lost their handkerchiefs and darenot go back after them, so they supplied thedeficiency by tearing squares ont of theirskirts.Soon after they oame to what appeared tobi a deserted house, but just as they wereentering, slumber 6Tcntiaren sjrang outyelling in a frightful manner. The fugitives were nearly frightened to death, butthey soon learned that the demonstrationwas friendly. They got no refreshment,however. Next they came to a place wherea gun was leaning against a tree. Theyheld their breath until they saw that it belonged to a rebel picket who had gone to ahouse half a mile away and wasSlaking Lotc to a GirLHe had been charged to watch for and intercept them, as they subsequently learned,but as love rules the camp as well as thecourt and grove, he had surrendered. Theytook the gun and hid it in the brush so as todisable him should he discover them, but hewas so pleasantly engaged that he did notsee them, and they came on to a house wherethey found an old man and woman makingcherry pies. They had flour, but neithershortening nor sugar. Neither would speakto the travelers, but gave them some milkaud a pie. The latter was so sour they couldnot eat it, aud the top crust was burnedwhile the bottom was dough. They drankthe milk thankfully and went on."When they came to the Cacspon bridgethey found it guarded, and they made a detour and found a tree fallen across thestream. It was high from the water, andCelia could not cross it Lottie stormedand entreated, and offered to assist, but allto no purpose; she couldn't brace Celia'snerves, and they had to face the guard.Tbey were two miles further from Wincheter than was Phil Sheridan at a critical occasion, but still five miles from Mulligan.They got some SO yards from the bridgewhen they were halted by cavalry, and asice young man in gray, Lieutenant Bell,nephew ot General Bell, of the C. S. A.,accosted them, saying: "Ladies, I'll haveto interview you." Travel stained, footsore, faces blistered, hungry and utterlywretched, the women were informed theywere arrested as spies by order of GeneralB. E. Lee, and then Lottie remembered bitterly that they had not obeyed his ordersto return , to his headquarters to report. They begged they should notbe made walk back. Mrs McCaffrey saysthat, recognizing the inevitable, she lost allfear at once, but her partner, unused to theworld, was badly broken up and helpless.They were taken to a house in the woodsowned by a Mrs. Smith, where MissBell, their captor's sister, searchedthem. They had secured the burial ofBengough's body in a cemetery at "Winchester and the grave properly marked loridentification, paying a German undertakerS10 therefor.Nerve Saved Tlicm.A fresh peril encountered them when theycame to be searched by Miss Bell. Lottiehad in her possession a large number of letters from crippled Union soldiers in the"Winchester Hospital to wives, sweethearts,etc, which she had agreed to take throughthe lines. Before being searched she askedfur some water and leave to make herselfpresentable, and was shown into a vacantroom for the purpose. There were somewhite ashes on the hearth and she wet theletters and rubbed them into pulp andmixed them with the ashes until all tracewas obliterated.The next day their cavalry guard putLottie and Celia into a wagon and theywere hauled back to "Winchester. Theguard was gallant and scoured the countrylor.cherries. slap-jacks and bonny-clabber,"the staple food of the section at that time,and none would eat until the ladies hadbeen served. Mrs. McCaffrey state thattaken altogether her guard .was composed otas good material as she ever encountered.On the way Lieutenant Bell told her theSouth was as good as whipped, as, thoughit had the finest horses in the United States,its cavalry was no longer fit for duty; theirhorses were starving and had already become too weak for effective duty.They were brought to "Winchester andfinally taken before General Lee, havingpreviously made the best toilet possible under the circumstances. After salutationspassed Lottie was aikeot questions she refused to answer, as she says she could sotreprimanded them sharply, ending with the IAnnouncement that they mutt go to prison. I'To jail?" cried Lottie, "I' sssre vre.U-K j j irTn, MMiihi lAiittifiiiiii'fM , ,tt'lifrBfeffiyjiHtiijSfa,''atended no disrespect." The General replied that nothing could be done for them,and ordered the cavalry to take them to astage coach, and then "on to Richmond"was the order. The food they got was notnourishing, and they were almost all thetime hungry, but on the way to Bichmonda rebel riding on the roof of the coach gavethem some maple molasses, and they concluded there might be some good even in arebel. Onee the coach stopped for refreshments at a tavern kept by a brother of themanJackson, Who Shot Colonel Ellsworth.Jackson's wife was very abusive and railedat them for some time, refusing to allowthem anything to eat, and when it came bedtime would not allow them to sleep together,but put a colored woman in bed with each,saying, "Niggers are as good as you." Theylet her have her own way and did not answer, so she finally grew remorseful and relented and gave them a good bed.At Staunton a fine room was assignedthem, but nothing to eat. It was of no useto ask the colored people for anything, forthey were afraid to speak to any one "fromde Norf," but they understood pantomime.A $1 greenback dropped in front of the colored chambermaid was picked up and shedisappeared, coming back after a time witha very liberal supply ot biscuit ana tea.The latter was set cautiously out of sight andthe biscuit were deposited one by onestealthily in the bed. Whenever the womanwould place a pillow she would slip a biscuit under it, and so of any other article offurniture, and when through she departedwithout a sign of recognition.A Friend in Need and In Deed.Time wore on until they fell under the dominion of Provost Marshal Geo. W.Alexander, in charge of Castle Thunder. Heasked them if they needed anything, andthey told him they couldn't get anything toeat, but they did not compromise the coloredwoman who had befriended them. MajorAlexander made it hot for the hotel keeper,but he had his revenge by putting them ata littlf table in the center of the diningroom, so they would be the center of attraction. They were made to feel, but it hadthe effect to bring Celia out strongly, andwith a piece of crayon she wrote "Yankeetable" on their table, which audacity madesome of the scorners speechless.At Bichmond, when being taken to CastleThunder, -the crowd almost suffocatedthem in a scramble to see what Yankeewomen looked like. They found the authorities of the prisons at work selectingnine captains to be hung in case theFederal Government hanged FitzhughLee. They were given cells eight by fifteenfeet in the Castle, which had once been atobacco warehouse. There were otherwomen prisoners there, among them Mrs.Surgeon McCandless, but not as spies. Anold white-headed man whom the prisonerscalled "Anti-Christ," searched them, butLottie saved her money, some $75 or $80.Mrs. McCaffrey says she heard the old manwas hung with the Wirz gang.They were not the only women prisonersin Castle Thunder, but Mrs. McCaffreystates that they felt a sickening sensationwhen tney round tbat they were to be considered as spies, while the offenses chargedagainst" the other women were only trivialand in most cases technical. Here theyformed the acquaintance of their future deliverer, Major Alexander, under rather unpropitious auspices. He came in and askedlor the Bengough women and they immediately, influenced more or less byhis chivalrous bearing and handsomeperson, concluded to try the blandishmentsof the sex upon him. He at first rather re-Eulsed them, and when they complained ofunger said, "Oh, I'll attend to that; getready for your feed." They resented theanswer, but he replied, "Wait until you seeit and you'll call it feed also, but it's thebest we have and I am glad to get it myself." It wasCoffee 3In.de From Parched Ryeand bread. Major Alexander said theywere to be forwarded to some place in SouthCarolina for safe keeping, as they were suspected of being spies. Celia cried, butMrs. Bengongh had gotten beyond tears.Toward evening of the next day MajorAlexander came back and put two coloredwomen to wait on them and others andmake them as comfortable possible. Mrs.Bengongh succeeded in buying a pound oftea for which she paid ?14 in greenbacks.It was very carefully brewed. Two dayslater a mattress and some covering were sentin by Alexander and the women got off thepuncheon floor, lying on which affected Mrs.Bengough so much that she still suffers.A chaplain visited them every day andalways left Bibles until there were near abushel of them, when Lottie asked him ifhe couldn't find some other literature, andhe responded by bringing a superbly illustrated volume of "Don Quixote." Duringtheweary months following the troubles of thathero were perused as they had probablynever been before. The chaplain evidentlygave them up for lost souls, for he nevercame to visit them again. Their fare during the summer was varied once by the addition of three tomatoes and two cucumbers. They tasted as tomatoes and cucumbers never did before or since. Apple piescould be had at a dollar apiece, greenbacks,but they were but indifferently gotten up.But though apparently cut off from theoutside world entirely the woman learnedindirectly that the Confederacy was on itslast legs after the battle of Gettysburg. Oneday about 1,000 Federal prisoners werebrought into Bichmond and housed nearCastle Thunder, and there being an uproaramong them, a brutal boy, who was doingguard duty, shot the arm off a fine lookingman without provocation. Major Alexander, after the cruel war was over, explainedto Mrs. Bengough that such occurrenceswere unavoidable; that the Confederacy hadrobbed the cradle and the grave to getsoldiers, and that but a few boys and oldmen were left to guard prisoners, and thatiear of revolt made the guards brutal. Hestated that at that time could the Unionprisoners in Bichmond have known the exactstate of affairs tbey would have broken outand taken possession of the city. Alexander frequently cautioned the women to keeptheir heads inside the windows for fear theymight get shot, a terrible alternative for awoman.In that crowd of prisoners was a mannamed Brown, of Boyle street, AlleghenyCity.It Was Qntte Natural.Mrs. McCaffrey acknowledges that duringthese long, weary months a rather tenderfeeling grew up between herself and MajorAlexander, a feeling to which he subsequently owed the preservation of his lifewhen the Confederacy collapsed. All theirmale hosts said they preferred to talk toYankee women in comparison with theirSouthern sisters. The Yankees had moregeneral information and less hauteur. Oneday Alexander borrowed Lottie's money toshow to Judah P. Benjamin, GovernorWise and Major Turner, the latter commandant at Libby Prison. Major Alexander had a violin, and the women were generally good singers, and tbey made themselves favorites. One night a prisoner acrossthe way sang feelingly "When This CruelWar is Over," and was answered fromCastle Thunder by Lottie Gilmore, a Southern girl, who sang "The Moon Behind theHill." Some rebel regiments were passing,and stopped and encored with a heartinessand volume that brought a large part ofBichmond out ofbed, thinking the uproarwas caused by hearing news of a greatYankee defeat.Though shut out from all knowledge ofhome and the world there were frequentepisodes that made prison life more endurable than was that of La Trede with his ratcompanionship. One day the ludicrousspectacle of a long line of rebel soldiers wasseen, each with a nooj skirt about his neckand tied to each hoop everything concelveable of domestic utility, la their retreatfrom Gettysburg the rebels had hooked onto everything they could carry. Of severalthousand men each looked like a walkingadvertisement for a general store. Theytook everything they could fiad, from hairpins to beef cattle.Light In. the Enst.At length a brighter day dawned on thesedevoted Koaea'i'led, tbehtt fiwtitLj--' & ' iimlasgBrinSissffifyiH I tikVVsssssssssssssssssssssssisBisssssssssssssssyJMHBpBfissMssssMssBssssasBlMTHEseemed more overcast than usual. An ordercamefromtheConfederateauthoritiesthatthemost important and dangerous prisonersshould be removed to a place deeper withinthe lines of the Confederacy, where theircondition was likely to be infinitely worsethan in Bichmond, and the Bengoughwomen were among those marked for removal. Mrs. Surgeon McCandless!, of Morgan.town,W.Ya.,was not included in the list, butstrange to say, Mrs. McCaffrey has neverheard of Mrs.McCandless butonce since theyseparated in Castle Thunder. Major Alexander visited the Bengongh women again,but he did not bring his violin with himthis time, and they put their heads togetherto devise a way to avert the calamity.Finally an idea struck Alexander and hesaid "General Winder, called 'Hog' Winder by the prisoners, gives a feast to-nightand he'll get beastly drunk before it is over.Now if we can give him the list while inthis condition he'll sign it without readingand we can get you put on another list,for there is to be a clearance of prisonera whom it is considered , safe to sendnorth." The scheme worked perfectly, andMrs. Bengough succeeded still further.Having taken an interest iu a man whosename was on the proscribed list to be sent tothe interior, she persuaded Major Alexander, while his hand was in, to write adead man's name on the list instead of theother. 'Twas a big risk to run, but theruse won and the live man's name was puton the exchange list. Tnere wasn't muchsleep in Castle Thnnder that night:A Southern Specimen Alio.But all the heroines in Castle Thunderwere not Yankees. There were two Southerngirls there whose lovers had gotten intotrouble on account of counterfeiting Confederate currency. The girls were detainedto testify. One of them did give away herbeau, and he was promptly hanged. LottieGilmore, the girl who sang "The MoonBehind the Hill," was made of sternerstuff, and refused. Mrs. Bengongh lentMiss Gilmore a dress to wear when takenout to attend the trial, and supported her iuher resolve to save her lover s life. Theauthorities could not convict him.There is much in this portion of Mrs. McCaffrey's narrative that is interesting, showing how prisoners communicated with eachother unuer difficulties and how the slavesworked mutely to serve Yankee prisoners,but 'twould require a book to tell itThe Bengough women received frequentvisits from people of note, among othersBelle Boyd, of rebel-spy fame. Belle wasdressed in man's apparel and was introducedas Lieutenant Harry, but though her sex wasnot suspected, Mrs. Bengough was not favorably impressed with Belle, who was trying to worm secrets out or the prisoners.Belle chewed tobacco, smoked, drank andswore in her character impersonations. Shealso loved to play cards.There was a Colonel Dunham, of someMassachusetts regiment, in whom Mrs.Bengough took much interest. He was ina prison on the opposite side of the streetand his ghastly white face seemed neverabsent from a small square hole in his door.Mrs. Bengough sent him a note one day,having hired a colored postman for a dollarto establish a route. The old-time panto-mime was used, and the darkey, watchinghis opportunity, rolled the note in hit shirtsleeve. It was written on one of the flyleaves of "Don Quixote." The Colonel hadno stationery ot any kind, and could notwrite much of a letter until Mrs. Bengoughsent him a fly leaf. She doesn't know hisfate.The Major's History.On the morning of their departure MajorAlexander told them he had been orderedto go on active duty; he had been put incharge of the prison on account of hayinghad his leg broken, but the Confederacywas no longer able to do without anyonewho could give an order or fire a gun.Major Alexander belonged to a prominentfamily in Alexandria, and since the warthe remnants of the lamlly have bees engaged trying to recover property there confiscated by the Government. The Major hadbeen educated at the Naval Academy atAnnapolis, and when the war broke out runa cargo of ammunition into a rebelport instead of turning it over to his UncleSamuel. He was captured and imprisonedfor it in Fort Lafayette, and broke his legby jumping from a window in an attempt toescape, but finally found means to get intothe Confederate lines and was entrusted withthe command of Castle Thunder.The morning tbey left Bichmond for homethe Major bid them goodby, and told Mrs.Bengough that if he came out of the armyalive he would come to Pittsburg to see her.tie then gave nera breastpin, pocket Knife,his photograph and a letter to be deliveredto a man in Baltimore. She was instructedhow to find the man, given a description ofHin, and told to give him the letter and askno questions, but to follow the instructionshe would give her and all would be well.She was to remain at the place designateduntil she found a man answering tne description iu the middle store of a block ona certain street. She went to the place designated and paced back and forth throughthe store, asking no questions, and finallywhen about to despair she noticed a mananswering the description in every respect,seated on a chair on the edge of the pavement iu front of the store. He was evidently a Hebrew. She delivered the letterand the man took it, read it attentively,changed color several times, but made nocomment. He finally wrote a brief epistleand handed it to her without comment, saveto direct her to present it at a certain place.She did so, and at the place was giventransportation to Pittsburg, with her companion. They stopped for refreshments atplaces indicated in the letter of instructionand nowhere could they prevail on anyoneto take money for services rendered. Theconnection between Major Alexander andthe Baltimore Hebrew has never been explained, for though Alexander was, in general, communicative, he could never be induced to open his lips on this subjectA Lover In Trouble.Once again settled in Pittsburg Mrs. Bengough took up her composing stick andsoon was in trouble, being asked to set typefor 35c per thousand ems, while men werepaid 45c, and this was the cause of her securing work at Haven's, under McBwen.He also quelled a strike against her in theTypographical Union, when some membershad black-balled her on account of sex. Shedemanded the regular wages, and Mr. McBwen demanded that objectors should shorfcause, other than that she was a woman, forher discharge, and finally a sense of justice and gallantry prevailed. She wasgiven 18 a week, and did table work andevery other kind of work that was required,saved her money and bought property.One morning she was Kitting in the basement kitchen of her residence, when hersister said: "A man was here to see you yesterday, and asked where you were." Shedid not suspect whom her visitor might be,but the next day he walked into Haven's place and found her, two years afterthey had parted in Bichmond. He wasshoddy, careworn, terribly used up andpenniless, but Mrs. Bengough recognizedhim at sight Alexander told her he hadbeen included in the sentence againstWirz, but had managed to escape. Mrs.Bengough decided promptly that he shouldbe saved, as she felt that he had done thebest he could for the prisoners in CastleThunder the best his trying positionwould permit She had a difficult time ingetting Mr. McEwen to agree to a line ofpolicy laid out and refrained from introducing him to Major Alexander until he(McEwen) had promised, blindfolded as itwere. He finally relented and the two wereintroduced. At that time feeling was sobitter in this city that Alexander wouldhave been sacrificed to the appeasement ofthe manes of the victims of rebel prisons.Yon Must Guess at This Part. ,Here comes in the recital of one of themost interesting parts of the story, but Mrs.McCaffrey refuses to allow its publication.Major Alexander found means to get to England, where he was subsequently reportedteaching school, and later as having died inextreme poverty. This was not, true, as, heaw gtw awTii wjw la KventpwK ot iePITTSBTJE& DISPATCH,United States since, and while some of hisfriends believe him to be at present in StLouis, Mrs. McCaffrey says she read somemonths ago of a ship being quarantined atBaltimore with yellow fever aboard, theship commanded by Captain Alexander,and as this would be in the line of theMajor's early training, she thinks he wouldbe most likely to be found in itImpelled by a fate that only people whohave had similar experiences, Mrs. Bengough, after some years, suffered this visionof the gallant commandant of CastleThunder to grow dim. and married EichardJ. McCaffrey, a well-known printer of bygone days. Their married life was happy,and though she, during the life ot McCaffrey,received letters from Major Alexander, shenever answered them, loyalty to her husband restraining even the friendly reminiscent and grateful impulse they evoked. Toomuch rain had fallen into her life to allowher to indulge iu sentimentality, and heractive habits had prevented the growth ofmorbidity.Mrs. McCaffrey is again a widow, hut shespends life very pleasantly and is as actively employed as ever. At times she sighs togo out into the world and resume her oldlife, hut the care and education of herchildren give her ample employment Shelives uu j: cutsrtti okiccn cawubiuu, uesr ulgtoll-gate, where she has a fine propertywhich she does not allow the city to confiscate. She has a lawsuit with the municipality now pending in the Supreme Court,which will determine the location of Federal lane. She also proposes io combinewith those dependent on and intimately connected with her and secure 1,500 acres ofUncle Sam's domain. The privation necessary to accomplish this Mrs. McCaffreylooks upon as a mere picnic. She certainlylooks as though able to go through severalmore campaigns. She is an ardent Bepublican, but says she has met so many goodDemocrats that, like Lincoln, she can live"with malice toward none and with charityfoT all." Dotjthttt.IiERE IS A TRICK.How to Get a Free Bide Easily on the CableRailway Cars.A great many-people ride free on the various cable lines now. They simply presenteither a $2 or $1 bill to the conductor. Iunine cases out of ten that official cannotmake change. The passenger has tenderedmoney and, although the conductor cannotaccept it, he dare not put the passenger off.The trouble is that a cable car carriestwice as many people as one of the oldhorse cars. Twice as many large bills arepresented, and soon the conductor is cleanedout of small change. The traction companies give the conductors no more changethan formerly, although business is increased. People with avaracious instincts havefound this out and are always flashing upbig bills. The writer has seen as high asfive men riding free on one car.THE SALE COMPLETE.Papers Finally Signed In the Brighton Turnpike Negotiation.It was again rumored yesterday that thePennsylvania Bailroad Company hadbought up the stock of the Allegheny andNew Brighton Turnpike, as a means ofshutting off the Bellevue Electric Bailway.When investigated by a reporter of TheDISPATCH, it was found that the reportoriginated from the consummation of thesale of the turnpike to a syndicate headedby Joseph S. Brown. This syndicate haspaid $90 per share for the stock, and as itsmembers are interested in the BellevueElectric and Pleasant Valley Bailroads, theformer line will undoubtedly be builtIt was authoritatively denied yesterdaythat the Pennsylvania Company had anything to do with the deal.100,000 lb, of Chocolnt Blenier.This is the fabulous figure which themanufacture of the Chocolat Menieramounts to every day and which is exportedto every city of the whole world.There is nowhere to-day an importantgrocery or confectionery house that does nottake pride in furnishing to their customersthe Chocolat Menier, whose incomparablequality, although moderate in price, makesit universally sought for.The secret of the great reputation of thishouse, which has received the highestawards at all international exhibitions,comes from the excellence of their manufacture, which is assured by their uiiquefacility of obtaining the best natural prod-rtiti-a nnn taninn naflaa all nnmnatltmn wiThe first quality ot cacao imported by thecompany's own 'vessels from the countrywhere it is produced, and the chief of whichconsists of 7,500 hectares of plantations inNicaragua, and crystalized sugar of thepurest quality manufactured at its large sugar refinery at Boye (France).The Chocolat Menier prepared from thesesubstances and by processes ot the greatestperfection recommends itself by its nutritive'and digestive properties, by it's pure tasteand exquisite flavor. These qualities arenowadays looked for by all classes of societyin making use of this wholesome and invigorating article.In a word, the actual importance of thisproduct is shown by the fact that the Chocolat Menier has a' yearly sale of 50,000,000francs.BIG BARGAINSIn Soeond-Hnnd Pianos and Organs.Pianos, $50. Organs, $25.At Meilob & Hoene's.In order to close out our second-handpianos and organs, we cut some of the following second-hand pianos down as low as$50:Stoddart, Weser, Steinway, Naveson,Hole, Lighle & Newton, Chickering, Gilbert, Scherr, Blume and other pianos.Among our second-hand organs are: Sterling, Prince, Estey, Smith, Kimball, Century, Wood and others; some of these as lowas $25. Any of the above instruments willsuit beginners nicely. We will arrange easymonthly payments, and will at any time exchange again for new instruments. If youwant a bargain, call soon onMELLOE & HOEKE,Palace of Music, 77 Fifth ave.J. G. BENNETT ds CO.,English and American Hats, Corner WoodStreet and Fifth Avenue.Yes, I have concluded hereafter to buymy hats at Bennett's. I find their stylescorrect, their goods as represented and theirassortment of imported and American hatsthe largest They are agents for:A1TEBICJUT.Youman, Fifth avenue, New York.Dunlap & Co., Fifth avenue, New York.Stetson & Co., Fifth avenue, New York.ENGLISH.Heath & Co., London.Christy & Co., London.Lincoln, Bennett & Co., London.Harman.& Co.'London.Double Headed Baby CarriagesFor twins, and a variety of 80 styles singlecarriages, (he neatest finish and cheapest inthe city, at Lauer's Toy House, 620 Liberty stBoys' Salts. People's Store.Ladies who want their boys neatly dressedshould not miss seeing the nice tilings weare showing at modest prices.Gampbem. & Dick.Whiskies, Wines, brandy, gin, etc., etc.Schuetz, Benziehatiseh & Co.,100 and 102 Market st, cor. of First ave.The family trade supplied with choiceold wines aud liquors at G. W. Schmidt's,95 and 97 Fifth Ave., City.Buy The Bulletin to-day. Permanentlyenlarged to twenty pages. A splendidnumber.A GRATEFUL GOBLIff !told fairy tale, fry Ernett B. Btinrichtin tomorrendt ; Dbpitch. UlutlraUn rtthr ;vf ...- ... . t . - -. ...-. .r- " -".-- -.----" -1s1 isTtiTiffiTliMBTOIsiilr T'T uijniwnihjiiwui x junr.isjfli "irA - - -afaamTmJEi,l','-y?wTss11MMasiiSATT&DAY, MAY 4,A COW A COMMONERIn the Unregenerate Village of BeayerFalls, Near Quay's.SHE IS INSURED AND MAI E0AMUntil a Locomotive Hakes thePayable in $40 Cash,PolicyANTI-COW COUNCILS KNOCKED OUTThe cow has been domesticated sothat there Is at present no orignallongtypeknown to remain, and she wears well, beingabont as popular as she ever was, though thesupposition held by some city people thatsome breeds give buttermilk and others unfermented, is erroneous.In no place in this country is the cow heldin higher estimation than in Beaver Falls,near the home of Senator Quay. The Arabsthought so much of her that Mohammed devoted a chapter in his Bible to an enumeration of her virtues; but, notwithstanding,the Arabs held a divided allegiance, depending largely on the camel for milk, andto an extent on the ass and goat In BeaverFalls the cow reigns supreme over everything except the locomotive. With all hervirtues she is stupid or stubborn, and frequently falls a victim to this idiosyncrasy. To overcome this and the attendant lossthe town maintains two cow societies. Oneis au insurance organization and the otheris mainly composed of Pittsburgers, stockholders in the Beaver Falls Co-operativeGlass Factory. The distinguishing featureof the latter is that it has little or nothing todo with cows, while the former has everything to do with them and the"rVELFABE OP THEIB OWNERS.When a cow refuses to yield right of wayto a locomotive her owner gets $40. Thesociety is run on the mutual plan, and isvery simply conducted, nothing- of thetontine stripe rendering it intricate.But of late years a spirit of restrictive.conventionality has beengrowingln the townof niggerheads left by the glaciers, and lastyear's Council passed an ordinance requiring people to keep their cows off the streetsand commons. As was proper the law created much indignation, for how could thegenerous, free hearted cow of Beaver Fallsbe expected to descend to the level of hersisters in the city dairies stand in a stablefull of filth and noisome smells and yet beexpected to pay dividends in pure milk?Beaver Falls people swore they would neverconsent to drink chalk and water like othercity people, and they very properly relegated the obnoxious lawmakers to privatelife.When the confining ordinance was passedcow stock fell as rapidly in the town as didChartiers Natural Gas stock last summerwhen the dividend suspension was announced, and, when the issue of the election HTJKQ IS THE BALANCE,with chances apparently in favor of thestabling party, cows were as cheap as bullbeef at a penny a pounc. One man offereda high-stepping-proud-spirlted-grade Jerseyot majestic mien for $35, but got no offer.Finally an outsider appreciated -her worthand called for her, but meantime the ownerheard a rumor that the new Council wouldbe a pro-cow-liberty one, aud the price ofthat cow went up $5 in less than threeShakes of a lamb's tail. She wasstill cheap; but the would-be buyerhesitated and was lost Bevised returnsshowed a majority for repeal of the ordinance, and every click of the ticker showedthat cow stock was rising; and now that cowisn't for sale under any ordinary circumstances. The cows will still continue to crop thetender grass of the commons, and occasionally get knocked off the railroads and"drowsy tinklings lull the distant fold" asof yore. The people are. willing to standthe encroachments of factories, paved streets,electric lighting and general prosperity; butthey will never, no never, agree that theircows shall be immured while they are ableto strike a blow for pure mils: and bovinerights.SIPTINGS FfiOlI JUSTICE.Concise Statements of LitigationsTansMake Many Men Mad.Jakes W. Friend yesterday received a verdict for 83,431 84 against the city of PittsburgIn a Bull to recover on bonds.Two suits for dlyorco were entered yesterday, Samuel Cuccarese against his wife Maryfor infidelity and Matilda J.Roth against PeterRoth for desertion.A BILI. In equity was filed yesterday byGeorge Hoon and wife against John Clelandand wife, asking for the partition of pronertyIn Robinson township.The suit of Albert Kaiser against Charles L.Flaccas to recover damages for the loss of anarm while working In the defendant's factoryis still ou trial before Judge Stowe.The jnry is out In the case of the U.BairdMachine Company against Joseph A. Steenand Wm. P. Getty, assignee, a suit in replevinto recover machinery sold to Steen.As inquest in innacywas held yesterday onJohn E. Moore, aged 44 years, and he was declared a lunatic. Tbe care of his estate wasgiven to his mother and brothers and sisters,be having no wife or children. .A cuarteb was filed yesterday in the Recorder's office for the Pittsburg Electric ScaleCompany. The capital stock of tbe companyis (10,000, divided Into 100 shares. Tbe directors are if. W. Rankin, John W. Nevin, CharlesE. Billon, W. F. BickeL J. S. Reymer, R. B.Petty and F. O. Paulson.A bili. in equitywa s filed yesterday by JohnT. Marland against William S. and Thomas L.Pendleberry. The plaintiff alleges that beformed a partnership with the defendants forthe repairing of boilers, etc., to be known asW. S. Pendleberry, Son & Co.. and be allegestbat he bas not got an eqnal share of tbe proceeds ot the firm and thinks they are trying tocrowd him out He therefore asks tbat a receiver be appointed.AN argument was had yesterday afternoon,before Judge Slagle, in the eqnlty case of tbeScbool District of Crescent Township againstthe P. &L.E.R.R.CO. The suit Is for an injunction to restrain the railroad company fromtaking possession of land belonging to thescbool, which the company claims, under itsright of way grant Attorney Bncbanan appeared for the plaintiff, and Attorney Reed fortbe defendant Judse Slagle reserved hi3 decision. To. Day's Trial Lists.Criminal court Commonwealth vs John andMrs. M. Boyle, Albert Freyer, Samuel Meyer,Tbomas McCloy, Cornelius Thomas All on (2),William Glew, Catherine Schmidt G. W,Scott, John Gilluly, Thomas Clark, James Car.son.G. TV. SCHMIDT.95 and 97 Fifth Avenue, PIttsbarg, Fa.The largest holder of fine old Bye andBourbon whiskies in the United Statesoffers in bond or tax paid th,e followinggoods.EYE.Gibson, Melvale, ilonticello. Dougherty,Jit Vernon, Hannisville, Overholt, Guckenheimer, Hermitage Moss, Large and G.W. S.BOURBON.W. H, McBrayer. Old Crow, Hermitage,Bond & Billiard, O. F. C. Carlisle, Hume,Hellwood and Nelson. Telephone dumber 666.Make no MistakeIn buying yonr, furniture, go to the manufacturer, aud save money. There is onlyone in the twin cities and their goods iindrices defy competition. Therefore go toi. Seibeft & Co., cor. Lacock and Hopestreets, near railroad bridge, Allegheny.DWhiskies, wines, brandy, gin, etc.n' - SCHUETZ. EESZIEHATJSEN & CO.tl21 w asa HKiMTim st,,ow. ot.-tirst ave.-M.- .'-..'. . .J . '. ' tf''1889.AN BXTEESS EYIL.Verily, What Class of BasIaeM IsExceptFrom Impositions."Do you see that fellow coming thereloaded down with packages of variouskinds?" said an express man to a reporter."Well, he Is what we call an "expressfiend," and there are plenty of his kind inand about the city."Most of them live in small towns, andthey go around taking orders in the morn-Jing for goods wanted from the city, ana inthe afternoon they come here and make thepurchases. We have no objection tothis, but he takes the parcels,'puts them in a box. ships them with the express companies at the rate per 100 poundsto the different towns, and delivers thegoods himself and pockets the quarters. Theresult is that the money that would ordinarily go into the coffers of the expresscompanies is lost."The express agents are powerless to prevent the operation of the scheme. I maysuspect there are a number o f packages fordifferent persons in one bundle, hut I haveno right to open it to investigate. The express companies pay a heavy license to thecity, but here are a class of hawkers practically who scoop plenty of business bysharp practice and evade all the city taxescharged for express privileges."NO PUBLIC GAMBLING ALLOWED.The New Mayor of Chicago Ha Had a.WnrnlDB Order Issued.Chicago, May a. Chief of Police Hubbard to-day issued an order to the captainsof police in which he says:It Is currently reported that gamblers areflocking to this city from all parts of the country, intending to engage in their unlawful calling; or profit from a loose interpretation of thelaws and ordinances governing such matters.Public gambling will not be tolerated withinthe limits of tuts city, and any impression totbe contrary which may exist should be at oncecorrected. A strict enforcement of the vagrancy laws directed against this class of peoplewill rid the city of their presence, and tbe forceis hereby directed to take note of all such persons arriving in the city, and those alreadyhere, and if tbey persist in remaining and neglect to -engage in legitimate business, theyshould be prosecuted accordlngto law.Mayor Cregier stated that this order wasissued after consultation with him, and thatgaublers will not be permitted to stay inthe city. It had been stated in some of thenewspapers of the city that gambling wasto be treated leniently.IT LCtoKS 1IISTEBI0US.How Was the Food Taken by the UshtfootFamily Poisoned?Jefferson Lightfoot, his wife and two children, have all been ill since Tuesday fromthe effects of poison. They ate some cookedcorn and were taken sick within a few hoursafter that. Some of the corn left over in adish was thrown out to the chickens. Itkilled four of the fowls. The family iscolored and lives near the Minersvilleschool. The parents are in a serious condition, Mrs. IJghtioot being worse than herhusband.Dr. Turfley, the attending physician,says there is every indication that the poisonwas arsenic. The family also drank beer,aud as Lightfoot himself denies that he atethe corn, the doctor thinks the beer waspoisoned too. How the poison got into thefood is a mystery.TO DO JUSTICE IN JDNB.Grand Jurors Drawn by Impersonators oftbe Blind Goddess.The Sheriff and Jury Commissioners yesterday drew the grand jury for the Juneterm of Court. They will commence workon the first Monday in June. The followingis a list of those drawn:Nathaniel Montgomery: farmer; CharlesHook, Honor dealer; John W. Carle, agent; Joseph A. Link, Jeweler: Hiram Landis, tobacconist; Nick Stokely, druggist, MorrisonKItchey. farmer: Mike McGill, laborer; CharlesBnrlbacb, driver; Henrv Erisman, hoemaker;James Kraus. clerk; Michael King, laborer;John Hofmeister. plasterer; Patrick Moran,pnddler; Samuel Calvin, laborer; Thomas McCarthy, gentleman: James Carey, laborer:Charles Kirscb, barber; Evan Davis, fireman;David Foster, carpenter; P. F. Sullivan, laborer; J.,WVHoover, machinist; J. M. Fleming,real estate agent.THE DBEADNAUGHT TRIED.Tho English Engine Brings In a PassengerTrain on Time.The English engine, "Dreadnaught," wasgiven a trial by the Pennsylvania road yesterday. The locomotive brought the Johnstown accommodation in on time.Superintendent Pitcairn said the only objection he had to the engine was the slowness with which it started. It will be givena further trial on the Ft, Wayne road. TheDreadnaught in working order weighs 95,200 pounds. The railroad men all took alook at itTHE! NEED $150,000.A Pressing Exigency for Friends of the Exposition to Face.Vice President Bindley states that $150,000 mnst be seenred within 30 days by theExposition Society for the erection of Mechanical .Hall or else there will be no showthis fall. There is enough money pledgedto complete the main building, hut theother lunds must be subscribed ane.w by thepublic. The society has faith in the persistency of the public for this emergency.They Will Get There.The Prohibitionists are freely circulatingthe speech of James F. Wilson, of Iowa,delivered in the Senate on "The PolicePowers of the State." The pamphlet issent out under the Senator's frank, and thepostage is saved. A Eepublican said yesterday the temperance people were learningfast.Tho Inspector Hns Not Come Yet.The unloading of stone for the new postoffice building is rapidly progressing. Themen are now hauling seven carloads perday. The Government Building Inspector,who was expected to have arrived here yesterday from Washington, has not yet come.A SOO-Bnrrel Oil Well.The Pew & Emerson Oil Company strucka2Q0-barrelwell yesterday on the Mercerfarm, in Wood county, Ohio. The companyowns about 4,000 acres of territory in thatdistrict and expects to get a new well inevery week for some time to come.Aafrecbr, the Photographer. Has No GalleryIn Allegheny,But is operating his fine Elite Gallery, 516Market street, Pittsburg, where he makesfine cabinets, and shows proofs, if young orold. Elevator.The "Dispatch property," fronting 30feet on Fifth avenue and running back 240feet to Virgin allev, will be sold at 10o'clock Monday at "the Court House. SeeSheriff's sale in to-day's Dispatch, Timesand Freiheits Freund.B.&B.This is hosiery day hosiery for Indies,children, men and boys; fast black, 25a up,in onyx and other celebrated dye.Bogos & Buhl.Dr. S. G. Moore, Speclnllit,In treatment of nervous and chronicdis-eases 34 Arcb st, Allegheny, Pa.Beautiful gray kid, suede and silkgloves at Eosenbaum & Co.'s.Btrr The Bulletin to-day.enlarged to twenty pages,number.PermanentlyA splendidMETAH0RPH0SI& ?oW5:, patch;' ijlft xurmm inttimt guthor'r happiMtTUTU 1BSHJWU- UTClu BMBIH mil I UJL1 WT TlT M LTEV m TXJT-sTV9fvv ,Vvsr9 sWQ flHPVtrsrV srvVB'fssviTHE SEYEN SELECTS.Full Programme for the Concerts ofMay's Music Festival.NOTABLE YAEIETT IS PROMISED,Tbougb. Popular Operatic Aire ire Predominating Features.NICE NAMES AMONG THE T0CALISTSWith the new Exposition building looming up into such magnificent proportions,and the prospect that the Music Hall willbe all ready for the May Music Festival,so keenly anticipated by thousands, everything pertaining to the latter must be ofgeneral public interest. The seven concertsof that grand festival have already been arranged in detail, and the programmes therefor are now presented to the public for thefirst time. These musical events of the season, embracing from May 21 to 25 inclusive,will he characterized by as much of thatvariety which is the spice of life as sevensuch concerts well could be, without departure from the higher grades of composition. The most popular operatic selectionspredominate to a degree; hut, as beforestated, there will be variety enough to meetand satiify all tastes. The programmes forthe seven concerts are appended:Flrtl Concert Tuttday Evening, May ti.1. Grand Centennial March Wagner.Written for the opening of the Philadelphia Exhibition.Orchestra.2. Frelude,CboraI and Fngne BachOrchestra.3. Scenes from "Die Meistersinger".... Wagner&$""" JHerrEmllFischer.c. Walter'sPrlzeSong-HerrPanlKalisch.4. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra,flat LisztMiss Adele Aus der Ohc.5. Hungarian Rhapsodic, No. 3 LisztOrchestra.6. Cavatina from "Queen of Sheba.... GounodMlS3Emma Juch. '7. Largo for Orchestra HandelViolin Solo Mr.Max-Bendix.ntTKBUISSIOX.& The Creation, First Part HaydnGabriel Miss Emma Jacn.Uriel .Herr Paul Kalisch.Raphael Herr Emll Fischer.Grand Chorus and Orchestra.Second Concert Wednesday Evening, May !Ji. Overture "Midsummer Night'sDream" Menaelssohn.Orchestra.2. Aria from "Fanst" Gounod.Signor Gulseppe Campanari.3. Ballet Music from "Henry VHI."8alntSaons.(a. b. c d. c.) Orchestra.i. Aria from "Don Juan" Mozart.Mine. Lilli Lehmann-Kallsch.o. Grand Polonaise, No. 2 Liszt.Orchestra.8. Cloister Scene. . . .Horace Wadham KIcboll.Madame Terese Herbert-Foerster,Mr. Jame T. Ricketson. SignorGuiseppee CampinarUGrandChorns and Orchestra.IXTEKMISSION.7. "Oberon" Weber.a. Overture Orchestra.b. Aria Mm e. Lllli Lehmann-Kaliseb.S. "Siegfried's Idyl" Wagner.Orfa, Romania from9-"j bl"Di"Q,iie'lla p'iriurcnesira.a. Romania from "Les Huguenots"jjueyeroeer.Pira," from B Troyatore."BaB4 V tAUASifmor J tiles Perotti.10. "Tristan andlsolde" .Wagner.(Prelude and Finale.)Isolde's Death: Mme. Lllli Lebmann-Kallsch.1L "Te Deum"...'. Carl Retter.Mme. Terese Herbert-Foerster. Mis HelenaVon Doenhoff, Mr. James T. Ricketson,Signor Guiseppe Campanari. GrandChorns and Orchestra.Third Concert Thursday Afternoon, MaySZ.OBJLSV WAONEB HATCIEE.L "Tannhausera. Grand Marchb. Aria. "Dich Thture Halle"....Mme. Terese Herbert-Foerster.c. "Evening Star" SongBlgnor Guiseppe Campanari.d. "Elizabeth's Tfrayer"Miss Emma Jucb.2. Prelude to "Parsifal" (The HolyGrail)Orchestra.3. "Waldweben" (81e-frled and theWoodbird) from "Siegfried"Orchestra.4. Spinning Chorus and Ballad, from"Flying Dutchman'1...Senta Mme, Terese HerbertFoerster. Mary Miss Helena Von Doenhoff. Female Chorus and Orchestra.INTERMISSION.6. Overture "The Flying Dutchman"..Orchestra.6. Grand Duo from "The Flying Dutchman" Senta.. ..Miss Emma Jucb.Tbe Dutchman. . .Signor GuiseppeCampanari.7. Kaisermarch ,Orchestra.Fourth Concert Thursday Evening, May IS.1. Overture "William Tell" RossiniOrchestra.2. Lysiarts Ana from "Knrvanthe" WeberHerr Emil Fischer.3. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Eflat BeethovenMiss Adele Aus der Ohe.4. Cayatlna, "Salve Dimora," (fromFanst) GounodSignor J ales Perotti.5. Rbapsodle, for Orchestra Lalo6. Grand Terzette, from 'WtlliamTell" .RossiniSignor Jules Perotti. Signor GuiseppeCampanari. Herr Emil Fischer.7. The Cathedral Scene from "Lohengrin" WagnerGrand Chorus and Orchestra.tSTEEjnssioir.8. "The Deluge". 8aIntSaensMme. Terese Herbert-Foerster. Miss Helenevon DoenhoO, Mr. James T. Ricketson,Herr Emil Fischer, GrandChorns and Orchestra.Fifth Concert Friday Eientng, MaytCWAGXXR NIGHT.L "Lohengrin." urelnde -2. "Elsa's Dream". -Miss Emma Jach.3. "Tannbauser," Grand Bacchanale(Vennsberg).....UrandDuo ((Paris version).Venus... .Mme. LI1II Lehmann-Ralisch.Tannhanser. Herr FanI Kalisch.4. "Die Walkure," Lovo Duo.Sieglinde Miss Emra-i Jncb.Siegmund Signor Jules Perotti.CtTZEMlSSIO.5. "Die Walkure." "Wotan's Farewell andMagic Fire Scene"Wotan Herr Emil Fischer.6. "Gotterdainimerung," Siegfried's Death andFuneral MarchSiegfried Herr Paul Kalisch.7. "Gotterdajmmerung." Grand Finale.j. Brunhilde.. Mme. Lilli Lehinanu-Kalhjch.Sixth Concert Saturday Afternoon, May IS.POPtTLAE SIATIK1EE.It Huldlgung's Marcb WagnerOrchestra.2. Aria from "Roberto" MeyerbeerMme. Terese Herbert-Foerster.8. Solo for Violoncello, from Suite, Op. 3w Herberta. Andante ) .6. Seranata Mr. Victor Herbert.c Tarantella )i. "Bal Costume," (for OrchestraJ.Rublnsteina. Cosacqne and Russlene.b. Pasha and Alma.c. Toreador anil Andalne.5. "I HayeLostMy Eurydice," Orpheus....GluckMiss Helene von Doenholf.6. Aria from "Aida, ......VerdiSignor Jules Perotti.7. "Scenes Picturesque," MassenetOrchestra.INTERMISSION.8. Andante from Fifth Symphony.. BeethovenOrchestra.9. "Love Sone."l Ad. M. FoersterMme. Tenae Herbert-Foerster.10. Tarantella di Bravura, for Piano XlsztMiss Adele Ans der Ohe.11. Allegretl6 Scherzando front EighthSymphony.., BeethovenOrchestra.12. Cavatina, "ErtanU" VerdiSignor Guiseppe Campanari.13. "Doris," a Pastorale.. .Etbclbert W.NeylnMiss Agnes VogeLIt Wedding Marcb, Midsummer Night's... ....Dream MenaelssohnOrchestra.Seventh Concert Saturday Evening, May te.BEITHOVBN NIGHT.L "Halleluiah" Chorus from "Christa"2. SelscMoasfrom "FideMo,"..... .a. Grand Overture "Leosore," No. 3,. urenesws.-b.-FldeUo'sGreadAris.. .-.suae, uw IjChhiim-b himw. ?-tt bj' .'.. . .-, .. . ., I,-.. . emtmnniml -'"- .... - , . - - m fMale Volees asd Orchestra,a Ttnaitn tHAeiie sad Florctttu, VjFidelle: Msse. Ldll Lehmana-KsitoelSJ! loretwa: jar. ru ajuisco.8. Selections from "BgEsoBt"a nrtnnuOrehMtn.b. Clarcaes'sSoflflB Miss Earn Jnch..nrrBBsneeioK.1 TheNintH Svmpouy,..w.............. . -.Soloists: Miss Kama' Jack, Hiss Helenyon Doenhoff, Herr Paul Kalisch,Herr Emit Fischer, GrandChorus and Orchestra.LATE-NEWS IN BIIEP.Hrnrr rimmAtt of the Geological Societr.has been appointed biographer ot the census.J. L. Woodbridee, of CoffljeeMcut; superin. ltendent of the division of ssppliss ia the Post,office Department, has resigned.A. Bogardus. of Rochester. N. Tt, has, been ,appointed superintendent of msl-Is atjBochester, yice M. E. Toomej, resigned., yThe courts have decided that Kew Orleansmust pay back taxes on drainage! IssptoTements to the amount of 2,00aoea L.From Information received freaalSanFrancisco It is nTnAPtMl that thn new 'cruiserCharleston will go -on her trial trip aextTaes-JWilliam J. Pollock, of Kansas, hasbeasvip- ,pointed chief cleric to the Second AsttstaatPostmaster General, vice James T. Brtece;esigned. 3J-5FC.L.4L.T. Frye. shoe manufacturersTeMarlboro, Mass., havo mado an asBlgnmeat,Liabilities, $50,000. Two hundred hands.awthrown out of employment. ., jJJWilliam Alrord Terrell, of Jfendeisos,,Tex., and Gordon Graham Heiner, of KlttannincPav, have been appointed by"thetPrssident as cadets to the Military Academy. JAbout 700 quarrymen iu the various quarries near Joliet, 111., went on strike yesterdayfor an advance of 25 cents per day in wages."-Itis believed that the matter will be settled soon.A terrible tragedy occurred at Blair.'Layesterday afternoon. A merchant named Melwick shot his wife and two children, set Are tohis residence and burned the boales of his victims with it, and then shot himself.Captain Murrell, ot tbe steamship Missouri, nas been presented with a gold medal bythe Grand Lodge of Masons of Maryland, infurther recognition of his services in rescuingthe passengers of the steamship Danmark.Captain Murrell is a Mason.Commlssioner'Tanner, of the PensionOffice, bas caused the - rolls of bis office to bosearched for the purpose of ascertaining thenumber of ex-soldiers who are drawing pensionsfor total blindness at the rate of S72 per month.The number is found to be 853.Messrs. Camp fc Sons have informed thaBureau of Construction and Repair, nnder dataof the 1st instant, that tbey propose to putsteam on the engines of c uiser No. 3 (Baltimore), on the 6th instant, and to go on a preliminary trial trip on the 15th of June.At a meeting ot tbe striking street cardrivers at St. Paul the strike was declared off.and the men will go back to work at the reduced wages. Tbe company made the concession of agreeing to treat the men well, regardless of their affiliations with labor unions.Secretary Tracy bas determined to give coilsteam boilers a practical trial, to. test theirvalue for use in large naval vessels. Secretary tWhitney toot the preliminary steps toward j'such a trial, and some manufacturers built tho -iboilers for the test, but as tbe end of tbe ad- :ministration was drawing near, the project was -dropped.A two-horse coich containing several persons was struck by a train on tbe Pennsylvania -Railroadat Brldesburg crossing yesterdaymorning, and the coach demolished. Two of .its occupants, F. K. Woinrath and James Dun-gan, were killed and three others injured. Thacoach was filled with local politicians of Frank- 3ford, returning from a jollification ,Postmaster General Wanamaker has in-structed tbe postmasterat Arkansas Cltv.Kan.. ,to forward to Guthrie all mail addressed toEdmond Wharton, Alfred, and other points in -Oklahoma,where there are no postafflces. Ha ,has also directed tbe postmaster at Guthrie to ideliver such mail to tbe persons addressed, fupon satisfactory evidence of identity.' Dfspatches from Decatur, Galesburg, Mon Jticello and Tuscola, I1L. and Wabash, Craw- ;fordsville and Covington. Ind., report heavy :frost during tbe past two nights. In manyplaces small fruits are reported knied,,and jmany vegetables and potatoes are frozen to tha 3ground. In somo pans snow fell, and at CraSr- f,fordsville ice formed one-quarter ot an lrih Jthink. jThe row which was raised at NewTcover tbe reported presentation of a GraArmy badge to- Governor Gordon, of Georfuy uenerai J. Madison uralte, turns out toa tempest In a teapot. No Grand Army bawas given. It was a veteran zouave bit ..badge, made from captured rebe? cannon..uenerai xiraKe laughed when be read tbe aevgxorKQiscnssion.Lazard. Freres &. Co. vesterdav ordered!S1.OUO.000 in gold bars from tbe New YoTk assayoffice lor shipment to France. Brown Bros. 41uo. nave tasen 5ow.au in gom Dars lor snmment to England. Kidder. Peabodv & Co3have ordered J00O.WO gold for export to LotWluon. ATDncKie iros. nave oniereu Jouu.uwjfor exporlto Europe. Total gold ordered jejteruay, 5i.ow,uw.The President and the Secretary of the In-"terior bive called upon United States officialsill Oklahoma, charged in the report of tbe inspectors of the Interior Department with corrupt practices in connection with public landsin tbat Territory, for any explanation or statement tney may uesire to mate relative inereto.The report of the inspectors will not be madspuDuc at present.Tbe funeral of 'Sauire Pierce Dewey, ant:old California, took dace yesterday from, the 3Collegiate Dutch Reformed Chnrcb. NewYork fCity. Rev. C.B. Coe conducted the services,, ,and the interment was at Woodlawn Ceme- -Stery. Among those in attendance wereChauncey 31. Denew. Eugene Kelly, WhltelawReid, William Florence, Joseph J. O'Donobne,D. O. Mills and a large delegation from theUnion League Club.Alexander Sklllen, who had been under arrest at Oswego, N. V., since Saturday last,on a charge of being one of tbe perpetrators oftbe brutal assault upon Mate Josephs, of thaschooner Jobn Scbuette, of Toledo, was yesterday afternoon admitted to ball in the sum of$2,000, pending an examination. Sf rvJosepbs isat tbe hospital and Is convalescing. Tbe examination of the other three Union sailorscharged with being participants In the assaulton Mr. Josephs has not been held.A ghastly accident was witnessed in one oftbe principal streets of Indianapolis yesterdaywhen a team attached to a wagon loaded withcoffins, containing corpses that were beingtransferred from an old cemetery to a new one,became frightened and Tan away. While dashing down the street at breakneck speed tbatongue dropped and plowed into the ground.Tbe wagon was upset, and the force of it carried it forward, landing it upon the backs ottbe horses. Coffins were scattered along thestreet. Ono bnrst wide open, and the skull otthe skeleton rolled on tbe ground, while bones ,were thrown about promiscuously.DECLARING A D1TIDEND.The Annual Meeting ot tbe Wheeling Natural Gas Company.The annual meeting of the Wheeling Natural Gas Company will be held in Wheelingnext Monday. The company has notde-tclared a dividend since 1887; but the bus!-ness of tbe corporation has increased to such.an extent during the last two years that the)nftnmano tit 111 fl tx 1 1 W ts rf?Str! rlnrtr -fTts wasvSJunless they decide to save tbe money, a"ndput it into a reserve, .a. new Doara oiai-zyrectors win aiso oe eiectea. --;!. 'For Cruelty to a Child. 'Jr.Mrs. Coston, a colored woman of the Seventeenth ward, was fined 510 by AldermanCarlisle yesterday for cruelly beating alittle girl named Ida Campbell. AgentO'Brien, of the HumaneSociety, made thacharge.Doing tbo Work HIraseICThe Lake Erie people are in no hurry 1secure an assistant engineer to take Mr."Patterson's place. For the present Mr. HoIjbrook, is doinz all the work, and will continue to do it for the present. An assistant!will be appointed later on.Gibsojt, large, Gucfcenheimer, FineliJIDillinger, Overholt, Hannisville ana awood pure xye whiskies.SCHUETZ, JiENZIEHAI731i-' Q. vu.f100 aud 102 Market st, cor. First ave.The celebrated III. 1853 Pore IWMolm- tha fin.ct in the United Statesv(always oe had at G. W. Schmidt's, 95JadJ97 Fifth Ave., City.Whiskies, wines, brandy, gin, eta!SCHTTETZ. Besziehausen & Co.100 and 102 Market st, cor. of firstave.1Buy The Bulletin to-day.enlarged to twenty pages,number.PenaaueaflyVwafr.vVTSSKATTVBB nTVTTfl thewsfHrnswnlWlil V JMIj Wl J. JkVa.SftffSSifSM PS tnC COlMHWS Of ibat b a fekaaSi S 1"WSSS ijV.SWISIS, 1kHssmst Bsv I"uXr?4lVAmW.1 (WHrlW,s s Wl1MtmlAVM